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G699 — ἀρεσκεία

areskeia · pleasing · Greek

ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ (ἀρέσκω), [in LXX (-εία): Pro.31:30 (חֵן) * ;] pleasing, desire to please: Col.1:19 In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most frequently in bad sense, but in π., Inscr., and in Philo, as above (see Deiss., BS, 224; MM, see word; Cremer, 642).† (AS)

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Colossians 1:10 · ἀρεσκείανthat you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;